Month: February 2015
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Smuckers Spreads Into Pet Food Business With Big Heart Buy
from wsj.com: J.M. Smucker Co. is adding Milk-Bone dog treats and Meow Mix cat food to its stable of human-food brands, with a $3.2 billion agreement to buy Big Heart Pet Brands that also marks a win for the smaller company’s private-equity owners. The deal gives Smucker, maker of Pillsbury baked goods and Folgers coffee…
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New Allegations of #Saudi Involvement in 9/11
from cnn.com: New allegations have emerged from the man described as the 20th 9/11 hijacker, alleging members of the Saudi royal family supported al Qaeda. Zacarias Moussaoui, who pleaded guilty in 2005 to six terror-related charges, makes the allegations in a sworn statement contained in a brief submitted Tuesday as part of an ongoing civil…
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The FCC Says Your City Can Build a Public Internet, Even If Your State Says No
from motherboard.vice.com: The Federal Communications Commission is going to allow two cities to ignore state laws that ban them from building community-owned broadband networks, according to chairman Tom Wheeler. It’s big news for Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Wilson, North Carolina, and it’s a signal to other cities in the 21 states that have laws restricting municipal…
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A Dreamer Out of Time: Nicholas Roerich
from theimaginativeconservative.org: In a large part of the Western mindset, Russian culture only really existed in the nineteenth century. Before Vladimir Putin’s kleptocracy and before the horrific purges of the Soviets, Russia was, we are led to believe, a somewhat backwards land that nevertheless managed to produce great works of art. Undoubtedly, Russia in the…
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Rosemary’s Baby: A Warning to the Curious
from crisismagazine.com: Unexpectedly, I came across a reference to NBC re-making Rosemary’s Baby into a four-hour mini-series; press reports suggest that shooting has already begun this month. With this news, a fear began to grip as my thoughts returned to the original. Strange tales grow up around movies. Like many before and since, Rosemary’s Baby…
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@PumpUpThaVolume: Episode144 – Entertainment
♫Makin’ a soundtrack for another planet to hear♫ on Episode144 – Entertainment which features brand new sounds from Moon Duo, Gang of Four, Robert DeLong, Bahamas, Doe, Stag, Mina Tindle, Flight Facilities, Garden City Movement, Doomtree, Jaga Jazzist, Objekt and NAVVI… Download/Subscribe Previous: Episode143 – Tools **************************************** ♬Liner Notes♬: Let’s close out January and say…